chashm-e-dilbar ne dil-e-zaar ki dildaari ki — Sheikh Bimar Ali Bakhsh

dam na niklaa yaar ki naa-mehrbaani dekh kar
sakht hairaan huun main apni sakht-jaani dekh kar

kaun pursaan hai haal-e-bismil kaa
khalq munh dekhti hai qaatil kaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

kyaa usi kaa naam hai raanaai-e-bazm-e-hayaat
tang kamra sard bistar aur tanhaa aadmi

aa hi pahunchi ik dariche se shuaa-e-aaftaab
main ye samjhaa thaa shab-e-gham ki sahar koi nahin

sab ko bataa diyaa ki main behad udaas huun
itni si baat ko bhi khabar kar diyaa gayaa